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The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations
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The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations

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Zelia Nuttall's The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations (1901) explores parallels between ancient civilizations in the Middle East and the Americas. Nuttall hypothesized that Phoenician explorers may have brought culture to the Western Hemisphere. The work contributes to the understanding of cultural development, noting that New World sequences share developmental features with the Old World. This includes early food collectors, specialized resource gathering, and the independent development of food production, leading to population growth, villages, towns, and urban civilizations.12

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